During the art show opening
at the Station House Gallery
Thursday, Feb. 7, Klay Pare,
6, happily points out her
painting of a horse, ﬂower
and sun scene which is
among the children’s art
work that will be hanging
in the upper gallery during
February. Klay was among
students who created their
art work in classes held at
the gallery last summer with
artist and teacher Kathryn
Steen. For more on the story
pick up Thursday’s Tribune.

City council announced Feb. 5
that the city has appointed Tom
Foley, Travis Redl and Geoff
Goodall as directors for the Williams Lake Community Forest
General Partnership Ltd.
Profits generated from the city’s
share of the community forest will
be directed to community purposes
in recreation, arts, culture and economic development or the establishment of a community foundation.
This item was brought forward
from in camera meetings held Jan.
15 and Jan. 22.

City reviews status for New Prosperity hearings
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Tribune Staff Writer
The City of Williams Lake is hoping to gain interested party status for
the environmental panel review of
the New Prosperity Mine project.
Having missed the Sept. 28 deadline for applying, the city applied to
the Canada Environmental Assessment Agency on Jan. 29 for consideration.
At the committee of the whole
meeting Jan. 29, acting chief administrative officer Geoff Goodall
said Mayor Kerry Cook will have an
opportunity at the panel hearings to
welcome the panel.
The city, however, does not feel
that five minutes will be “long
enough or suitable,” so it has made
an application to be a presenter.
“We’re hoping we are going to be
successful. We haven’t indicated at
all what we’re presenting. We just
want a slot,” Goodall said.
During the last review, Cook
wrote a lengthy presentation.

“I said the city is walking a very
fine line of respecting and building
working relationships with First Nations as well as being aware of socioeconomic indicators. I talked about
where we were as a community and
why we were supporting the project,” she recalled.
At the meeting, council received
letters from the Tsilhqot’in National
Government and the Fish Lake Alliance, requesting the city not to seek
interested party status and refrain
from stating its support of the mine.
The letters reminded mayor and
council that in its own resolution,
council said it would support the
project if it met provincial and federal environmental standards and if
First Nations had been adequately
consulted.
Council is elected to speak on all
issues, said Coun. Sue Zacharias.
“We have to think about what is
best for the economy of our city and
our citizens and it does affect the
whole region. I don’t know why we
wouldn’t support something of this

nature when we’re already supporting other resource-based industries. I
feel quite confident in the respect of
relationship building. We’ve made
tremendous progress with our First
Nations neighbours.”
Coun. Ivan Bonnell suggested
council needs to be clear.
“There were two tests that we said
were conditional to our support. The
environmental one will be done independently, council will not be able
to answer that question.
“When it comes to the level of
consultation and the effect for First
Nations, it would be very appropriate for council to ask the Minister of
Aboriginal Affairs what steps have
they taken to ensure there’s been adequate consultation.”
Whether council will be happy
with the answers, Bonnell said he
didn’t know.
“When we get to it, we can determine our steps from there.”
Coun. Laurie Walters asked if
council was answering the questions
posed by the TNG and Fish Lake Al-

liance in the letters.
“The big part of this is they are
wanting us to change our original
support for the project. We’re kind
of doing a dance, it’s not properly
addressing it. We might still have to
come with another follow up to this
because I think now of a few times
where they’ve come right out and
said ‘can you’ change your support?”
Cook said in a meeting with the
TNG and during the council meeting
in December where the TNG made
a presentation, council said it is not
changing its original position.
“We’re just getting more information, which is consistent with our
resolution,” Cook said.
Appearing by speaker phone,
Coun. Geoff Bourdon said if council
seeks information from the proponent it needs to get information from
the TNG as well. “If we’re going
into it saying that we need to listen to
both sides and that’s important to us,
then we cannot just say there’s adequate consultation without making
sure there’s adequate consultation.”

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NEWS

CRD anticipates decreased 2013 budget
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Tribune Staff Writer
The Cariboo Regional District is confident it will decrease
its budget by 1.2 and
1.3 per cent in 2013.
“We do have some
additional
services
being provided in the
North Cariboo so those
people won’t see as
high of a decrease as
we’re seeing in other
areas, but overall our
tax requisition is going
down this year,” CRD
chair Al Richmond
said.
The decrease is
largely due to the elimination of the debt for
the libraries in Quesnel
and 100 Mile House.
“That goes back to
fiscal
management.
We put money away
and saved so we didn’t
have to borrow all the
money to do the job.
We were able to pay
them off in five years.
We’re seeing monetary
savings because of
good fiscal management,” Richmond said.
Projections
show
the overall budget —
made up of grants and
tax requisitions — will
continue to decrease
through the next five
years.
In 2012 it was
$42,122,507, in 2013
it will be $38,405,955,
and by 2017 it will be
$34,218,70.
Richmond said part
of the decrease is due
to the scarcity of grant
funding, which means
a slow down in capital building and capital expenditures going
into the near future.
“We
saw
some

Greg Sabatino photo

Scott Reid, chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcer for
the Cariboo Regional District, outlines
some points Feb. 2 from the 2013/14 CRD
projected budget during a public budget
meeting at the Pioneer Complex.
peaks. For example in
2011, we did some water upgrades. A reservoir at 108 Mile, water
system work at Horse
Lake and Canim Lake.
They all roll into an
overall budget, making
it high.”
An old debt from
borrowing for the
hospitals in Williams
Lake, Quesnel and
100 Mile House will
be down to $25,000 by
2015, which will then
result in the elimination of the Cariboo
Regional Hospital District, leaving one Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District.
The Cariboo-Chilcotin Regional Hospital
District replaced the

Cariboo Regional Hospital District as a result
of a boundary amendment (the two RHDs
represent similar but
not identical areas).
This has been the
plan since the creation
of the new CaribooChilcotin
Regional
Hospital District.
Historically
the
CRHD plan was based
on funding for $20 million every 10 years to
the appropriate health
authorities.
“The CRHD was
borrowing to fund the
capital requirements
which resulted in annual interest costs of
$1.5 million,” chief
financial officer Scott
Reid said.

A plan was put in
place setting the residential tax rate at $75
per $100,000 of assessed value for property tax purposes, to
accumulate and set
aside funds or reserves
which could be used
for future capital requirements
without
resorting to borrowing
and interest charges.
“In 2009, after three
years at this level of
taxation, the CCRHD
board was able to decrease the residential tax rate from $75
per $100,000 of assessed value to $69 per
$100,000 of assessed
value.
The current 10-year
plan, which went into
effect in 2011, calls for
a reduction in taxation
each year until the residential tax rate reaches $50 per $100,000.
“With taxation levels as outlined above,
and with actual capital
expenditures over the
same span of time, we
anticipate capital reserves in excess of $20

million for year-end
2012,” Reid said.
Public budget meetings wrapped up with
the final one in Williams Lake on Feb. 3.
“The one in Williams Lake was fairly
well attended with
some good input and
some good dialogue,”
Richmond said. “I am
disappointed overall
with the attendance
we had, but that could
mean either we’re doing a good job or the
timing didn’t work for
folks.”
People attending the
meetings could take
away a sheet outlining
tax rates.
“Some folks say
when they look at the
overall understanding
of where the budget’s
going they’re happy
with it, other people
are sticklers for detail
and want to talk about
every single line there
is and that’s fair too.”
For 2014, public
budget meetings will
begin in September, he
added.

New Chief
Administrative Officer
Begins Work March 1st
Mayor Kerry Cook and the Council of
the City of Williams Lake are pleased to
announce that Don DeGagne has been
hired as Chief Administrative Officer
(CAO) and will start in his role on
March 1, 2013.
DeGagne has been CAO for five
different B.C. communities over the last
28 years. Most recently he has served
as CAO for the District of Summerland,
a role he has held since 2005. Don has
also worked for the City of Revelstoke,
the City of Trail, the District of
Mackenzie, the City of Prince George,
and the Village of Keremeos.
The overall recruitment process
involved Council and the Manager
of Human Resources working with
Waterhouse Executive Search. Over
90 candidates were interested in the
vacancy and we were very pleased with
the caliber of the shortlisted applicants.

CITY OF
WILLIAMS LAKE

Williams Lake Tribune Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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NEWS

Opposition critic for seniors visits WL
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Tribune Staff Writer
It has been almost
three years since Kootenay West NDP MLA
Katrine Conroy visited Williams Lake.
So when she visited
the community on
Wednesday she said
it was rewarding to
see Deni House open
again.
“I was the seniors
critic when Deni House
was shut down,” Conroy said in her visit
with the Tribune during
a stop in Williams Lake
last week.
“We raised it in the
legislature and knew
how passionate people
in the area were about
the facility.
“It was so good to
be in the facility today,
see it operating and
see that it’s obviously
made a difference.”
While in the lakecity,
Conroy met with locals
in her capacity as Official Opposition Critic
for Seniors and Longterm Care.

“There were some
people from the Seniors
Advisory Council and
some people just interested in coming out
and talking about their
issues, a retired doctor,
younger seniors, a nice
mix of people.”
Conroy heard concerns about accessibility of services and home
support.
There was fairly
lengthy
discussion
about access to services in Kamloops versus
Prince George.
“I heard that they
prefer to go to Prince
George but because
you’re in the Interior
Health Authority, Kamloops is your hospital.”
One person told
Conroy he was able to
go to Prince George
and back in one day to
see a specialist, rather
than expending three
days to see a specialist
in Kelowna.
“I can understand
why people are expressing frustrations.
It’s something that

needs to be raised with
IH.”
In the region to hear
concerns from residents, Conroy said the
NDP will not roll out
its health care platform
until after they see the
budget.
The party is working
on it and will finalize it
then.
“We can’t promise
the moon if there’s not
the money to do it. We
will have to be very
practical about what
we’re offering. It kills
me though because
there are so many
needs in this province
with health care issues
and needs for seniors.”
Ideally, she’d like
the NDP to have a plan
in place that acknowledges that all needs
cannot be met immediately, with the intention
of trying to tackle them
one by one.
“I worry about what
the budget is going to
be. We know what we
were told last time, that
there was going to be a
very small deficit, and

Monica Lamb-Yorski photo

Cariboo Chilcotin NDP MLA candidate Charlie Wyse and NDP Kootenay West MLA Katrine
Conroy, opposition critic for seniors, during Conroy’s tour of Williams Lake Wednesday.
there was no talk of the
HST. Suddenly we had
this massive deficit and

the HST so I’m a little
suspect,” Conroy said.
Conroy also met

with representatives of
the Cariboo Friendship
Centre, toured Sunset

Manor, and met with
Mayor Kerry Cook
while in the city.

Ruling in Yung case set for April 22
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Tribune Staff Writer
Provincial court Judge
Randall William Callan
will deliver his decision in the assault case
against Const. Andy
Yung on April 22 in Williams Lake.
Yung is charged with
one count of assault
against Jamie Haller,
who suffered injuries
while in custody of the
Williams Lake RCMP in
September 2010. Haller
was 17 years old at the
time.
Callan reserved judgment at the end of a
three-day trial in Williams Lake provincial
court, which ran Jan. 21
- 23, after hearing evi-

dence from police, civilian witnesses, a civilian
employee at the RCMP
cells, Yung, the complainant Jamie Haller,
her mother Martina Jeff
and their family doctor.
Haller testified she
was punched repeatedly
in the face while handcuffed in the back of a
police car.
Yung testified he hit
her several times in the
face after she had kicked
him in the face, and held
him in a scissor-lock
with her legs and would
not let go.
In his final arguments,
defence lawyer Rod
Gregory said Yung and
the other police officers
responded to a call for
help that night, and did

everything they could to
help Haller.
They tried to calm
her down, and were
met with profanity, agitation, assaultive and
completely irrational
behaviour, despite their
repeated attempts to
give her assistance, he
said, adding she was
also agitated against her
mother when she arrived at the scene.
Gregory
suggested
Haller’s recollection of
the events was a “memory of convenience,”
and that she only remembered portions of
the incident.
When Yung was
cross-examined, he said
he did not want to do
what he had to do, Greg-

ory added.
“No one there wanted
to take this young person to the detachment.
He didn’t want to have
to touch her. He testified quite candidly, ‘I
hit her as hard as I could
because the pain technique that I used for one
or two seconds wasn’t
working.”
Gregory described it
as an unusual set of circumstances for the police, who were trying to
help someone who they
perceived to be a victim
of a crime.
He urged Callan to
find that Crown had not
proven the case beyond
a reasonable doubt.
Crown counsel Lori
Stevens said the judge

should and can reject
Yung’s evidence, describing it “as inconsistent, unreliable and in
some instances almost
fantastical.”
Stevens said Yung described himself as concerned for his safety, yet
he opened the car door
to try and calm Haller
down, putting his face in
the car with no consideration of being kicked or
spat at.
Additionally, she said
it was not an emergency
situation, even if Haller
was kicking the police
car.
“He was attempting
to stop an already controlled person. She was
handcuffed. She wasn’t
going anywhere.”

She described Haller
as a young, angry, vulnerable girl, who on the
night of the incident,
was intoxicated.
“In my submission,
the strongest evidence
are the photos of the
injuries
themselves,”
Stevens said, adding
Haller suffered through
something that caused
her serious injury.
In closing, Stevens
said Yung should be
convicted of assault.
She suggested he could
have taken Haller to
the detachment, located
five minutes away, and
then tried to investigate.
“Instead, his overriding
concern is for the car.”
When cross-examined
by Stevens, Yung said

the police were trying
to determine whether
or not Haller could go
home with her mother
instead of going to city
cells.
After the trial Williams Lake RCMP Insp.
Warren Brown said
police officers are not
above the law.
“Where there is an allegation that they have
broken the law it’s important to have that allegation investigated, as
independently as possible, and if there is evidence of an offence, they
will be brought before
the courts. That has happened in this case. I will
respect the outcome and
findings of that decision,” Brown said.

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Fourteen readers, or 100 per cent of the students, at Tatla
Lake school participated in the Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for
Literacy’s ﬁrst Read for 15 Challenge in January. Tatla Lake
school was among many schools, community groups and
individuals participating in the event. See the story Thursday.

Salvation Army requests city
to apply for gaming grant
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Tribune Staff Writer
The Salvation Army
in Williams Lake is asking the city to apply for
a gaming grant on its
behalf.
“If the city applied
for gaming funds for
a grant for the food
bank, I suspect we
could get $100,000. 100
Mile House received
$60,000,”
Salvation
Army Captain Claudine
Kadonaga told council
during a presentation
at its regular meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Hopeful the city will
enter into a partnership,

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Kadonaga advised the
funds would help because her staff is “burning out.”
“It’s hard on the
sustainability side of
things,” she said.
To receive accreditation for United Way
funding, the Salvation
Army will also establish a community advisory board, for which
Kadonaga hopes city
council will provide a
representative.
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is serving 2,000 individuals a year, she added.
In 2012, they gave out
$964,000 worth of food
through the hampers
and perishable goods
program, and $148,000
in soup kitchen value
serving meals and providing lunches to students at Marie Sharpe
elementary school.
Council will discuss
the request at a committee of the whole meeting, Mayor Kerry Cook
said.

The Cariboo Regional District is in
receipt of the recently
released City of Williams Lake Questions
and Answers document regarding Williams Lake fringe fire
protection services.
The CRD will be
addressing these questions in full detail during next week’s public
meeting which takes
place on Tuesday,
Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. in
the Gibraltar Room of
the Cariboo Memorial
Complex.
During the meeting, the CRD will
also present and discuss the results of the
recent survey it conducted with Williams

Lake fringe residents
affected by this service.
In addition to addressing
questions
raised in the City of
Williams Lake document, CRD elected
officials and staff will
also advise the public
of the proposed next
steps based on the
special board meeting
which took place on
Monday, Feb. 4.
Current
information about the Williams Lake fringe fire
protection service is
available online at
cariboord.bc.ca or by
calling the CRD at
250-392-3351 or toll
free at 1-800-6651636.

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PLAY

Your Preschooler and… Play
Play is the “work” of children. Most of your child’s early
learning takes place through play. Through play, your
preschooler will explore and discover the world and his
or her role in it. In playing, your preschooler is having
fun which can nurture a love for learning. By providing
a variety of different play activities and exposing your
child to different types of situations, you will be sure
the brain receives the stimulation it needs to thrive.
Typically, a child of three will engage in imaginary play,
tell stories and create characters. Your preschooler will
play alone most of the time, but may be increasingly
able to play with others. A sense of ownership may be
developing. At age three, children can typically throw,
catch, and kick a ball as well as pedal a tricycle – be
sure your child wears an approved and well-fitting
helmet whenever on a tricycle. Many three-yearolds will have the hand-eye coordination to try more
complex activities.

Try some of these with your preschooler:
1. Family members are your child’s favourite playmates.
Make time to laugh and play together. Make play
a part of the things you do with your child every
day. Enjoy!
2. Balance your child’s schedule. It is important that
your child have access to both structured activities
and free playtime.
3. Keep a variety of books and odds and ends from
around the home on hand for down times. If you
have them in your home, puzzles or art supplies
can be enjoyable. Rotating toys allows your child to
experience something new.
4. For imaginative playtime, have some of your old
clothes for “dress up” and have every day objects
that will allow your child to create his or her own
“pretend” stories. Clothes and shoes with different
openings are good to practice lacing, zippering,
buttoning and tying.
5. Pretend along with your child. Encourage the
imagination. At a make-believe tea party, ask: “Is
your cup of tea too hot?”
6. Provide opportunities for your child to make personal
choices about play activities. Decision making
will increase your child’s sense of confidence and
enjoyment.
7. Set up opportunities for your child to be messy
with glue, fl our and water playdough, water or
paint. Encourage your child’s creativity by proudly
displaying their creations.
8. Play outside. Encourage your child to delight in
some fresh air and fun activities like playing in the
garden or at the park.
9. Use bean balls or bags to play throwing and
catching games with your child. These can be made
at home by sewing up scraps of cloth with dried
beans or peas inside.
10. Make sure your preschooler is safe while playing.
Use age appropriate toys and materials and play
equipment and a well-fi tting helmet if using bike
or scooter.

Contact your local school or 250-398-3839
for more information on this program for
3 and 4 year olds & their parent/care giver.
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hursday is Valentine’s
Day, a day we associate with love. Romantic
love takes the lead to be sure, but
a friend (thank you Diane) forwarded me an e-mail that begs to
be shared. It may sound mushy
to some but it’s OK to be mushy
at Valentine’s.
The story goes that a teacher
asked her students to name the seven wonders of the world. Most listed the usual man-made or natural
physical
wonders
(pyraFrench
mids,
Connection
T a j
Diana French
Mahal,
Grand
C a n yon). One girl had a different list.
She named “to see, to hear, to
touch, to taste, to feel, to laugh, and
to love” as the seven wonders. I’d
add “to share” to the list.
***
Williams Lakers will welcome
the city’s new chief administrative
officer, Don DeGagne.
We wish him well. He is facing
interesting times as council has
many issues on its plate — fringe
area fire protection, union negotiations, airport runway, grumps
about snow removal, Prosperity Mine, community forest, South
Lakeside road, swimming pool,
water for Woodland Drive —
what have I missed?
Many B.C. politicians are no
doubt relieved that the doughty
John Doyle is leaving his post as
B.C.’s Auditor General. Mr. Doyle
was not the government’s favourite person, mainly because he did
what he was supposed to do. He
blew the whistle (loudly) when
he found something amiss in government affairs. As B.C. citizens,
let’s hope his successor is equally
diligent. The question is though,
will whoever is elected in May
carry out the recommendations Mr.
Doyle made over the last six years?
How many got to enjoy our very
first Family Day holiday? How
many actually got the holiday?
For workers, it depended on where
you work whether you were lucky
or not. With Friday being a Pro
D day for the school district, students had a four day weekend and
I can’t imagine any of them being
sad about that.
Diana French is a freelance columnist for the Tribune. She is a former Tribune editor, retired teacher,
historian, and book author.

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Family Day not free for all
This weekend marked B.C.’s first Family Day statutory holiday, which for most people broke that long
three-month stretch between New Year’s Day and Easter.
B.C. residents now enjoy 10 stat holidays (11 if your
employer is nice enough to throw in Boxing Day),
which ties us with Saskatchewan as the most generous
province for the coveted long weekend.
By contrast, Nova Scotians and Newfoundlanders
only have five.
However, it’s important to remember not everybody
can afford an extra day off.
When Premier Christy Clark announced the creation
of Family Day in October 2011, she expected that by
now a better economy would balance out the extra costs
to businesses.
But many small retailers and companies are struggling as the economy remains flat at best. They are paying out more due to a higher minimum wage, and all are

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now contemplating the cost and hassle of returning to
the GST/PST system.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business
estimates a small business with five employees will
shell out about $1,135 for Family Day and it will cost
small and medium sized businesses $42 million in lost
productivity.
Municipal and provincial governments will also shell
out more for essential service employees and the hundreds of thousands of people on the public payroll.
This holiday can be seen as rather blatant pandering
to the electorate by the B.C. Liberals, or an attempt to
give hard-working B.C.ers a break – perhaps it’s a bit
of both.
And while the majority of us enjoyed the Monday
off work, it’s important to acknowledge the many small
business owners in our community who saw it as nothing but an added burden.
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esterday was B.C.’s first
ever Family Day. I hope
you all had a wonderful long weekend with your loved
ones! Did you get a chance to take
advantage of the free skating or
swimming at the recreation centre?
Perhaps you were able to spend the
day at home with your family or
out-of-town relations.
Our government realizes how
important it is to support British
Columbian families, and that’s
why we created the Families First
agenda.
We realize that in times of global
economic uncert a i n t y,
MLA
our govMusings
ernment
m u s t
Donna Barnett
do even
more to
help families make ends meet, help
the most vulnerable among us, and
keep our communities safe.
I know it can be an expensive
challenge to raise a family. Our
government has gone to work to
find practical ways to make things
affordable for you and your family.
For example, we’re committed to
keeping your taxes low and government spending under control so
we can deliver substantial benefits
to B.C. families.
As our economy continues to
grow and diversify, we’re putting in
place supports that help all British
Columbians share in the benefits.
Under our Families First agenda,
we’ve tailored government programs to assist B.C.’s most vulnerable families and we’re introducing
balanced reforms to our income assistance policies.
Another cornerstone to our
Families First agenda — safe communities, strong families. With
your input on community values
and safety, we’re making the justice system more effective and accessible. You’ve also shared your
ideas to improve policing in the
province.
Just as we followed the wishes
and suggestions of British Columbians who contributed their views
last summer that helped us shape
the BC Family Day statutory holiday, your ideas and feedback concerning BC’s Families First agenda
— family affordability, supports
for vulnerable families and safe
communities — are been listened
to.
With your input, let’s make B.C.
even better for families!
Donna Barnett is the Liberal
MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Williams Lake Tribune

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More Viewpoints
School district’s decisions don’t make sense
Editor:
Closing Glendale Elementary,
which holds two amazing programs,
balanced calendar and French Immersion, with 140 kids and keeping
Wildwood open which has 24 kids
and one Shuswap program doesn’t
make sense.
Isn’t it easier and less costly to
place one program and 24 kids into
a different building, than to put 140
kids and two programs, into two different buildings and portables?
Nothing against Wildwood, and
I’m not a racist; but this has become
to feel like a race issue to many in

the community. Many are saying this
because if you seriously look at what
has happened, it does not make any
sense.
Yes, Wildwood’s program is
funded by the government but that
doesn’t change if they move.
The argument about the McLeese
Lake kids having more bus time,
some already go to other schools. So
why is it still open? A question the
board wouldn’t answer.
In closing Glendale they are separating friends, and the environment
we have worked hard to maintain.
It takes the privilege of putting your
children into different programs if

they wish to try because it is at the
same school. Glendale asked Wildwood and Kwaleen to join their family, while keeping their programs.
Why did the board not try that option? Using Glendale’s low numbers
is a sad excuse to close since 140
kids is a whole lot more than 24 kids.
Glendale’s program struggled to
grow because the board hasn’t left
it alone in five years with threats of
closure.
How about this; keep Glendale
open, put French on the balanced
program and they will soon see the
benefit and add Wildwood to the
mix. Now you have three programs

under one roof. Now that makes
sense.
The schools they plan on putting
Glendale kids into are almost full
and need to have portables. If these
schools are close to being full how
can the balanced calendar or French
programs grow? Fact is, schools
won’t accept more kids if they are
full, despite whether the programs
are full or not? When it comes to
the bus drop off for Nesika; it’s at
Columneetza. That doesn’t make me
feel safe for any young child. There
are many ways they can get buses
into the Nesika lot; they just have
to do it. Example, use the back road

behind Columneetza as a bus access
only to Nesika. Nesika’s field is not
fenced. Instead, surrounded by unknown houses and trees, so anyone
can come and go, unseen, from the
grounds at anytime, from anywhere;
even WL high school property is
fenced. Nesika is not a bad school;
I just think the school board can do
better for our kids especially when
they just spent $170,000 on WIFI
upgrades for the high schools.
When do we say it’s enough? Elementary kids need place too.
Nancy Jalbert
Williams Lake

Residents abusing two-hour parking limit

Overwhelmed
by community
support

Editor:

Editor:
Thank You, thank you, thank you!
We were extremely overwhelmed
by the Williams Lake community’s
response for the Sunday, Jan. 27 benefit at the Elks’ Hall on our behalf.
We’ve already seen some of pictures as well as a DVD taken that
wonderful day. We are only now beginning to realize what was happening during this extraordinary event
as well as the preparation required
by so many to “pull it off.” To see
the long stretch of tables on either
side of the hall, all filled with silent
auction slips and so many impressive donated items and, more importantly, to see our family, friends,
musicians, band students, fellow coworkers and club members, neighbours, those wonderful volunteers,
and on and on ... present that day and
enjoying each others’ company with
a laugh, song, or story.
You people take our breath away!
How can we ever thank you or
demonstrate our gratitude? You have
brought tears of joy to our eyes and
even though you have made us feel
like we’re the most important and
loved couple in the world, we are
humbled by your thoughts, prayers,
and actions. It would truly be near
impossible to express our appreciation for all you’ve done for us.
Please know we are so grateful for
everyone. We hope to be home soon.
Much Love to All!

I would like to address the lack
of available parking for customers
on Second Avenue.
This street is zoned for two-hour
parking, however, most of the people parking on this street park there
for the entire day.
These people are the employees
and owners of various businesses
along this street. There is all-day
parking available; a short fiveminute walk away. However, most

would choose to park as close to
their work place as possible.
This affects the businesses along
Second Avenue because patrons
will go where parking is more
readily available. In the service industry convenience and efficiency
is very important. Customers do
not want to spend 10 minutes of
their lunch hour looking for parking.
I have brought this up with the
city and they do have parking attendants enforcing the bylaws.

They mark these vehicles with
chalk and return two hours later to
see if the chalk mark is still there.
Unfortunately these people who
park on Second Avenue all day will
go out before the two hours and
wipe the chalk mark off or move
their car a few metres.
In effect, there is no parking
ticket issued to these individuals.
I witness this time and time again.
Perhaps, they need to take down
licence plates to enforce the twohour limit.

I want customers who come to
businesses on Second Avenue to
have the most parking available to
them for their convenience. This
benefits all businesses and employees of these establishments.
I would ask and encourage everyone to please park in the city’s
designated free parking areas. Besides, wouldn’t a short walk every
day be great for everyone’s health?
George Cheung
Williams Lake

ulkatcho winterfest fun
Photo submitted

Racers Ruby Squinas
(left), Roberta Hink, Tanis
West, Heather Laurant and
eventual winner Emily Sill
laugh as they participate in
the snowshoe races held at
the Ulkatcho Winterfest in
Anahim Lake on the Feb. 2
weekend.

Debbie and TubaJohn Sykes
Williams Lake

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Hunting and fishing are activities enjoyed by many people in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, not only for
the enjoyment of being able to hike some of the most beautiful country in the province, but for
more practical reasons such as filling the freezer with food for the winter. Here Montana Reid
accepts the first place ladies trophy for mule deer typical (144 4/8) from presenter Lee Jackman.

The Williams Lake
Stampeders, after
advancing to the second
round of the Central
Interior Hockey League
playoffs following a twogame sweep of the Lac La
Hache Tomahawks, return
home to face their secondround playoff opponent,
the Quesnel Kangaroos.
Game one of the series
goes this Saturday, Feb. 9,
at the Twin Ice Arenas in
Quesnel.
Game two starts at 7:30
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16
at the Cariboo Memorial
Recreation Complex.
Game three, if necessary,
goes Sunday in Williams
Lake at 1:30 p.m.

Gordon Hannas receives the
first place trophy for rainbow
trout weighing in at 11 lbs. 1
oz. from presenter Ed Oliver.

Ed Oliver (left) presents the first place trophy for archery in
the moose category to Al Campsall whose catch scored 107.
Entries were down for the 2012 awards in all categories and
organizers encourage members to enter their catches this year.

4/8, average 0.8684 per cent.
Sportsman of the Year: Incoming
club president Terry Chupa.
Rear Ender Award: Judy Jenkins’
story as told by her husband Barry.
Apparently ATVs can climb trees
— to a degree.
Gaeil Farrar photos

Kyle Gysel won numerous
trophies and awards in the
junior category including
getting his name included
on the large club display
trophy here for Junior Spring
Salmon, a catch weighing in
at 27 lbs. Among his other
awards was the Open Big
Game Aggregate trophy for
a black bear scoring 16 4/8,
average 0.8684 per cent.

The Williams Lake men’s
and ladies’ soccer leagues
are accepting registration
for the upcoming Third
Annual Co-Ed Valentine’s
Futsal Tournament.
It goes Feb. 15-17 at the
Williams Lake Secondary
School gymnasium.
On Feb. 16 there will be a
social at the Oliver Street
Bar and Grill. Tournament
finals go Sunday.

Friday, Feb. 15 to
Sunday, Feb. 17
Men’s and Ladies’ Joint
Bonspiel
The Williams Lake Curling
Club hosts its first bonspiel
of the year — the WLWC’s
Men’s and Ladies’ Joint
Bonspiel.
The action gets underway
Friday evening at the WLWC
and wraps up Sunday
afternoon with playoffs and
finals. For more visit www.
williamslakecurling.com.

Williams Lake Tribune Tuesday, February 12, 2013

sports
Young wrestlers claim first medals
The Williams Lake
Wrestling Club laced
up their boots and headed to Kelowna recently
for the Ogopogo Invitational Wrestling Tournament.
Ten members of the
Black and Blue competed at the event, held
Jan. 29.
“This was one of the
very few tournaments
where all age groups
can compete, ranging
from kindergarten to
Grade 12,” said Sonia
Conrod, head coach
and president of the
WLWC. “This was a
first tournament for
many of our younger
athletes.
“It was nice to see
parents and family
members and friends
of the Black and Blue
there to cheer on and
support the kids. They
represented Williams
Lake with great pride.”
In the primary division, Grade 2 student
Jacob
Worthington
fought his way to his
first medal of the season, bringing home a
bronze medal in the
25-kilogram
weight
class. Also in the primary division Grade 2
grappler Coda Mclain
just missed the podium,
taking fourth in the 29kg class.
Coda’s
brother
Chevy Mclain, Grade 3,
battled his way to a silver medal in the same
weight class.
“This was their first
tournament ever and
they did amazing,”
Conrod said.
Two WLWC members competed in the
intermediate division.

Grade 5 student Zane
Barr won silver in the
43-kg class, while Nathan Preston battled to a
gold medal in the 49-kg
division.
Five of the club’s
high school athletes,
Conrod said, showed
great enthusiasm and
support for the WLWC’s younger wrestlers.
“They
encouraged
them throughout the
tournament and helped
coach during matches,
as well,” Conrod said.
“From my experience
the little guys really
look up to the older
members of the team.
It’s one of the few
sports that has such a
variety of ages together
on a team.”
In the Schoolgirl
Division (grades 7-8)
Columneetza’s Danielle
Schultz won gold in
the 47-kg class. In the
Cadet Division (grades
9-10) Braden Conrod
fought through a tough
division to nab gold.
In the Juvenile Division (grades 11-12)
Makaela Haller, in the
56-kg class, brought
home silver, while
teammate Kara Pare
took gold.
On the boys’ side
Kerry Normad, in
the Juvenile Division
(grades 11-12), won
silver, despite battling
through an injury.
“All in all the kids
had a great time,” Conrod said.
Coming up for the
WLWC is the North
Central Zone Wrestling
Championships Feb. 16
in Prince George.
“This is the qualifier

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Do your

heart good
February 2013
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL HEART MONTH

‘Heart disease’ describes numerous conditions
Stroke

Few people are unaware of heart disease and its
potentially devastating effects. But many people
may not known that the term “heart disease” is
a blanket term used to describe several health
problems related to the heart.

Stroke occurs when the blood supply to any
part of the brain is interrupted. Potentially deadly,
stroke can cause paralysis as well. Trouble
speaking, loss of coordination and trouble
moving limbs may be indicative of stroke, which
is considered a medical emergency that requires
immediate medical help. The longer a person
goes between the onset of a stroke and seeking
treatment often determines the severity of the
consequences.

According to the World Health Organization,
ischaemic heart disease, which is characterized
by a reduced blood supply to the heart, is the
leading cause of death across the globe.
Though many conditions are characterized as
ischaemic heart disease, many others are not,
and the WHO notes that other heart conditions,
including stroke, are also among the top 10 most
deadly diseases in the world. The following is
a rundown of some of the more common heart
conditions, many of which can be prevented if
men and women make the right lifestyle choices.

More information on heart disease is available
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Angina
Angina occurs when a person has chest pain or
discomfort around their heart because the muscle
is not getting enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina
can be a byproduct of elevated levels of stress or
overexertion and may even be caused by clogged
arteries.
All cases of angina are not the same. Stable
angina is the most common form, and usually
follows a pattern that is common among patients.
Unstable angina is less predictable, while variant
angina, the rarest form of the condition, occurs
while a person is at rest. Rest and medicine are at
the root of treating angina, which is more easily
treated once its cause has been determined.
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is characterized by the buildup
of fatty materials in the arterial walls. This fatty
material can harden over time, restricting blood
flow and resulting in calcium deposits. Daily
exercise and a healthy diet void of high-fat, highcholesterol foods are two ways to prevent or treat
atherosclerosis.
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest is a culmination of several heart
conditions, including angina and atherosclerosis.
Also known as a heart attack, cardiac arrest
occurs when blood and oxygen are unable to
reach the heart.

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Daily exercise is one way men and women
can prevent the onset of heart disease
Chest discomfort; discomfort in other areas
of the upper body, including the arms, back,
neck or jaw; shortness of breath with or without
chest discomfort; and nausea or lightheadedness
may all be indicators that a person is going into
cardiac arrest.
Hypertension
Also known as high blood pressure, hypertension
is a relatively common heart condition. Nearly
every adult has likely received a blood pressure
reading at one point in his life. That reading
measures the systolic pressure, which is the
pressure created when the heart beats, and the
diastolic pressure, which is the pressure in the
heart when it is at rest.
A blood pressure above 120 over 80 is considered
high, and that high figure might be caused by salt
and water levels in the body and the condition of
the body’s kidneys, nervous system and blood
vessels, as well as the body’s hormone levels.
Treating hypertension is relatively simple, as a
doctor will typically recommend some dietary
changes and may even prescribe medication
for those patients with especially high blood
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Avril Chevigny Fund continues
to help children fighting cancer
Gaeil Farrar
Tribune Staff Writer
Avril Chevigny was just six years
old when she found herself in the
battle of her life.
After three months of treatment in
her fight against Lymphoma/Leukemia she returned home.
At that time Avril and her family
started fundraising to help other sick
children.
With help from the community
Avril and her family raised $75,000
which was donated to Children’s
Hospital and Ronald McDonald
House in Vancouver.
Many people in the community
will remember back to 1995, one
heart-warming community fundraiser in front of a packed Stampeder’s
game in Cariboo Memorial Complex
arena.
Avril, dressed in her favourite colour purple, sat while more than 40
RCMP officers and 20 Pioneer employees had their heads shaved as
part of the ongoing fundraising efforts in her honour.
As part of the fundraising efforts
Pioneer Log Homes built and raffled
off a log gazebo and a log play house
to help raise the money.
After Avril died in the spring of
1996, at just eight years old, the donations kept arriving in her honour, so
her family created the Avril Chevigny
Fund.
In 1997, with generous support
from the community through the
Avril Chevigny Fund and 139 Children’s Fundraising Society the Avril
Chevigny Memorial Playroom was
built just outside the emergency room
at Cariboo Memorial Hospital.
The hospital play room continues
to be well used by sick children and
their siblings visiting the hospital to-

Tuesday, Feb. 12
Festival entry
deadline today

The entry deadline for Cariboo
Festival 2013 is today, Tueday,
Feb. 12. The festival takes
place in April and the free
festival syllabus outlining
the various registration
categories for piano, vocal,
choral, band, speech arts, and
creative writing sections are
available at the Open Book.
Festival spokesperson Michelle
Erlandson reminds pospective
creative writing participants
that while they must register
by the Feb. 12 deadline they
don’t actually need to have
their completed manuscripts
submitted until March 15.

Thursday, Feb. 14
Gaeil Farrar photo
André Chevigny and his son Tevis, 13, accept a donation of $2,600 from Walmart general
manager John Donnelly for the Avril Chevigny Fund which helps sick children in Williams Lake
and area.
day.
Quietly over the past 17 years
Avril’s dad, André, has been using the
fund to help families with children
fighting cancer and serious illness in
Williams Lake and surrounding area.
Since its inception the fund has
given 10’s of thousands of dollars
to families in need and crisis, Andre
says.
Donations have been used for necessities such as comfort items for
sick children, as well as travel and
accommodation to take sick children
for treatment in larger medical centres.
For many years Avril’s fund also
provided the popsicles for sick children and their siblings visiting Cariboo Memorial Hospital.

André meets personally and confidentially with parents in need and can
help on the spot.
“When we give, we give discretely,” André says. “I know from experience that when a crisis happens with
your child, it happens now.”
He says from experience, fathers
like himself who are experiencing the
trauma of caring for and facing the
loss of a sick child, are often reluctant
to ask for help.
“It’s a pride thing for families,
especially the husbands, to ask for
help,” André says. “It’s a beautiful
thing when I meet with a family one
on one, because I understand what
they are going through.
“It is a blessing for me to be able to
sit with the mom and dad and share

my experience; hopefully I can offer
something positive. I’ve been there
and walked in their shoes. I can sit
across from them and they understand that I get it.”
André and his brothers, David
Chevigny and Bryan Reid, owners
of community base businesses, have
continued with some low-key fundraising projects over the years and
have had some very much appreciated donations from various community groups to help keep Avril’s fund
going.
André’s 13-year old son, Tevis is
also proud of his father’s effort to
keep his sister’s fund active.
See FUNDRAISING
Page A14

Choice for Life benefit gala Saturday
The Choice for Life Society of
Williams Lake is hosting a benefit
gala dinner and dance at Sacred
Heart Hall on Saturday, Feb 16.
The fundraiser includes door
prizes, silent auction and table
sponsors, say organizers, society
treasurer Gwen Ryder, and co-presidents Ryder and Brucks and Shannon Wedel.
The guest speaker for this year’s
event is Tia MacDougall from Abbotsford.
This fall MacDougall worked
with leaders in this area to come up
with objectives, plans and solutions

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for youth to help them to deal with
life’s struggles.
The training covered depression
and suicide as well as sexual health.
MacDougall has been acclaimed
by teachers, students and parents as
one of the most successful sexual
integrity presenters in B.C., organizers say. She has a background
primarily in counselling troubled
youth and there is much to glean
from her presentations of the Empowering Life Series.
MacDougall is also a former
professional ballerina and a sought
after dance instructor, who teaches

various forms of dance including
ballroom dancing and swing.
So after dinner and her talk she
will demonstrate some basic and
fun dance steps for participants
during the dance.
Fundraising at the event this year
will be focused towards ongoing
training and presentations in the
community on sexual health and
education/depression and suicide.
The society plans to continue
with its bus poster advertising offering support for women in crisis
pregnancy situations and develop
more localized support in the Cari-

boo with a Crisis Pregnancy Centre
Home.
The society depends on donations of support from local businesses and individuals.
The cost of sponsoring a table for
the event is $120. Gift certificates
or silent auction items would also
be appreciated, organizers say.
People who may have items to
donate or wish to sponsor a table
can contact Shannon Wedel at 250398-7939.
Tickets are available at United
Carpet, the Book Bin, and Sacred
Heart School.

Armchair Travel
to Bangkok, India, Tokyo
The Williams Lake Library
Armchair Travel presentations
continue Thursday, Feb. 14
with a presentation on travel
in Bangkok, India and Tokyo
with Carl Johnson and Katalin
Szauer. They spent five days in
Bangkok, 52 days in India, and
four days in Tokyo. “We saw
history, genius and warmth.
A real trip of a lifetime,” the
presenters say. The Armchair
Travel presentations are free
but due to space constraints
pre-registration is required at
the library front desk or by
calling 250-392-3630. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. and the
presentation starts at 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 18

Heritage Week begins
Williams Lake City Council
has proclaimed the week of
Feb. 18-24, 2013 as Heritage
Week in the City. This year’s
Heritage Week theme is Good
Neighbours: Heritage Homes
and Neighbourhoods.
To celebrate Heritage Week
and to promote the city’s
historic sites and buildings, the
Heritage Advisory Committee
will offer a walking tour on
Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. Join Heritage
Committee members for a
one-hour walk downtown and
around the Stampede Grounds
to learn about buildings and
sites of historical significance
in the downtown area in the
neighbourhood.

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community

Community theatre leader Biddy Jones remembered
– Celebration of life Sunday –
Williams Lake community theatre director
Barbara (Biddy) Jones
was born in Kelowna
April 15, 1929.
She lived a rich and
happy life, growing up
in the Okanagan with her
sister, Diana, her mother
Evaleen and father, Reverend Charles Davis.
Biddy’s
childhood
home was lively; filled
with a steady flow of
friends, animals, and often strangers in need.
Biddy loved being a
mother and wife, claiming it as her primary
role in life and her four
unruly kids kept her
hopping. Biddy started
her married life with Jon
Davis and ended it with
Dave Jones with whom
she spent 30 happy
years, most of them in
Williams Lake.
Biddy opened her
heart and home to
Dave’s sons, siblings
and nephews and was
well loved by his entire
family.

Biddy Jones
Biddy’s other passions, for which many
will remember her, included theatre and politics.
She directed many
productions with the
Williams Lake Studio
Theatre, often encourag-

ing children and youth to
be involved and mentoring them through their
first plays.
In 2004 she was
awarded the Eric Hamber award from Theatre
BC in recognition of her
lifelong involvement in

Fundraising ideas welcome
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Walmart and its employees in Williams
Lake donated $2,600
to the Avril Chevigny
Fund.
Walmart
manager
John Donnelly says half
the funds were raised
directly by associate
employees and the other
half was matched by
Walmart.
It wasn’t the first time
Walmart has donated to
the fund.
A couple of years ago
Walmart and its employees also donated
$3,200 to the fund.
André says both donations came as welcome and much appreciated surprises because
he hadn’t told anyone at
Walmart about Avril’s
fund.
“He (Donnelly) surprised me both times,”
André says, “The first
time was at Christmas
2010. I was away and
when I came back there
was a cheque waiting
for Avril’s Fund.”
For his part Donnelly
says he found out about
the Avril Chevigny
Fund through the ongoing in-house fundraising

Walmart associates do
on their own to help fellow employees who are
caring for sick children.
“A lot of people are
having tough times and
we need to help,” Donnelly says of Walmart’s
donation to the Avril
Chevigny Fund. “It is
our moral obligation.”
While
fundraising
for the Avril Chevigny
Fund has been fairly
low key in recent years,
André would like to become more involved in
community fundraising
efforts to keep the fund
going and invites the
community to come to
him with their fundraising ideas.
“I’ll flip burgers, or
volunteer for a donation
— whatever,” André
says.
While is it fun to be
working abroad with
the large Pioneer family, André explains that
it feels very special
to give, especially in
Avril’s name.
“It’s so special that
she is so alive in our
community, I continually see her presence and
it’s a beautiful thing.”
While Avril didn’t
survive her battle with
cancer, André reminds

everyone that some kids
do get through it.
“I have had the opportunity to meet and
help some very special
families over the years,”
André says. “It’s great
to be able to help a family, while honouring
them and my daughter
at the same time. Every
child’s situation and battle is different and you
have to remain positive
no matter what.”
When monetary help
is given from Avril’s
fund to a family André
explains it’s from the
community.
“Williams Lake is an
amazing place,” André
says. “When children or
youth are sick its incredible how the community
pulls together to help. In
this world we have to
understand that it isn’t
about taking.
“It is about giving
back. As long as I can
keep the fund going I
want to offer this resource to families in crisis with their kids.”
Anyone who might
have fundraising ideas
for the Avril Chevigny
Fund or knows of someone who may need help
can contact André at
250-392-0868.

community theatre.
In 2009 she received
a lifetime membership
award for her many
years of service with the
New Democrat party of
BC.
One of Biddy’s favourite activities was working the phones during
an election when she enjoyed the chats as much
as the politicking.
Biddy was a force in
community and home,
filled with a sharp,
cheerful wit, and ready
kindness to animals and
strangers.
She greeted life with
curiosity and joy, offering a hearty hello to
those on the street and a
meal and a place to sleep
for those on the road.
She respected all people
equally and was an early

advocate for civil rights,
women’s rights and the
peace movement. She
will be sadly missed.
She is survived by her
sister Di of New Zealand, her son Ian (Jackie), her daughters; Jan
(Michael), Kim (Laszlo)
and Nicola (Patrice) and
her step-sons Paul, Peter (Victoria) and Ted
(Betty).
She was much beloved and will be greatly
missed by her nephews,
nieces, thirteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Many thanks to the
doctors of Cariboo Memorial Hospital and the
fabulous staff of Williams Lake Seniors Village who provided excellent support to Biddy
in her last days.

Biddy passed away
peacefully with family
by her side on Jan. 18,
2013 at the Williams
Lake Seniors Village.
A service in celebration of Biddy’s life is
being held at 1 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013,
at St. Andrew’s United
Church, 100 Huckvale
Place, Williams Lake,
B.C. All are welcome.
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Donations in lieu of
flowers can be made to
the Williams Lake Studio Theatre Bursary care
of Williams Lake Studio
Theatre, Box 4473, Williams Lake, B.C.
V2G
2V5 or the Alzheimer’s
Society of B.C. www.
alzheimerbc.org
“Here’s to you and
from you, and to you
again!”

Brent Morton performs during the opening, Thursday, Feb. 7 for the
first show of the year at the Station House Gallery for February.
their communities.”
The Station House
Gallery and Island
Mountain Arts in Wells
partnered with this
show, with IMA first
featuring it during the
ArtsWells music festival last July and August.
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Station House Gallery
for 2013 can best be
described as eclectic.
Downstairs is a
splash of colour featuring the work of 22 artists from the Interior
of British Columbia,
from the Kootenays to
the Peace River to the
Bulkley Valley, in a
show titled 2Pro-gress.
The bulk of the artists are from the Cariboo. Upstairs it’s all
about kids.
Station House curator and exhibition coordinator, Beth Holden
commissioned
the
2Pro-gress show last
April, with a call to
artists throughout the
province.
“We got a huge response,” Holden says.
The theme of the show,
asked artists to examine
the concept of progress
in light of the recent
controversy
brought
forward by the Enbridge hearings.
“We asked the artists
to tell us what progress
meant to them, and people responded identifying meaningful things
happening to them and

different ways,” Holden says. “By seeing the
pieces alone and collectively you get a real
sense of what the artists
are trying to say.”
Adding ambience to
the Feb. 7 opening was
the accordion playing
of Erica Nitchie and
guitar/vocals of Brent
Morton.
The Upper Gallery
belongs to the kids. It
features the work of
17 young artists be-

tween the ages of fiveand-a-half to 12 years
old who participated
in last summer’s Station House Gallery art
classes taught by Kathryn Steen. More on that
story Thursday in the
Tribune.
Station House Gallery curator Beth Holden, says the February
show is just the first
of a great slate of exhibitions scheduled for
2013.

Home Maintenance Worker
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Applications are being accepted for the 8-week Home
Maintenance Worker training program (entry to Trades) funded
by the Ministry of Advanced Education as aligned with the BC
Jobs Plan.
The program will focus on Home Maintenance, including
building maintenance work, safe work practices, using/
maintaining tools, building structure/design, prevent/remediate
mould, hardwood & laminate floors, basic carpentry/repairs,
ceramic tile, working with electrical systems, shop safety and
cleanliness, drywall, painting techniques, furniture refinishing
and plumbing for the home as well as workplace essential
skills. Health and Safety courses will include Level 1 First Aid,
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through discussion and guest speakers, including construction,
welding and electrical.
Applications will be accepted until 4:00 pm Friday, March 1,
2013 with interviews scheduled for the week of March 4, 2013.
The program will begin March 18, 2013.
Please drop off your resume and cover letter at the TRU
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Acceptance Criteria:
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• Interview
• Grade 10 minimum including Math and English
• Drivers licence preferred
For more information on other AVED funded courses,
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rate of pay is hourly with medical benefits. Please fax or
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Health Director
The Three Corners Health Services Society
is an accredited Health Service that will be
hiring a Health Director who provides health
care to Canoe/Dog Creek, Soda Creek and
the Williams Lake Indian Bands. The Health Director will be
responsible for the successful leadership and management of
the Society. The Society is currently working with the transfer of
Health Canada to First Nations Health Authority that will ensure a
cultural lens with programs developed for the people and with the
people. Understanding of the current health culture and political
environment in BC and excellent knowledge of the history of the
Secwepemc Nation will be needed.
Job Summary
The Health Director is responsible for the ef¿cient design and
management of all programs and departments, setting goals
and measuring the achievement of the organization’s objectives
through strategic planning. This role focuses on: establishing
effective working relationships with community groups and
government funding agencies and other external contacts,
ef¿cient ¿nancial responsibilities and managing budgets of
the organization, Human Resources, policy management, and
accreditation. The transfer of Health Canada to First Nations
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Health Directors time and expertise to move through the process.
Education
Degree/Diploma in Business Administration or relevant ¿eld.
Experience
Five to seven years of progressively responsible program
management experience in health services with First Nations.
Experience managing 20 or more staff as well as development
and management of budgets.
Salary
Salary will be based on experience and education and will follow
a wage grid. Successful candidate must have a reliable vehicle
with a valid drivers license. This is a full time position of 35 hours
a week.
Deadline: February 28, 2013
Please see the website for a complete job description at
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Please submit Resume with Cover Letter and names of
Previous Supervisors for reference to:
Jennie Walker, Health Director
150 North 1st Avenue
Williams Lake, BC V2G 1Y8
Fax: 250-398-9824
Preference will be given to persons of Aboriginal Ancestry as per
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